2026 Election
Vote October 16-26
Voting for all eligible voters in the City of Owen Sound is available 24 hours per day during the voting period- October 16-26.
Make sure you have a plan to vote, check the Voters' List, and learn who is running by clicking below.
The Tom Thomson Art Gallery will be closed for installation week beginning on Tuesday October 6 through the end of the day Friday October 9. The gallery will resume regular hours on Saturday, October 10. We thank you for your understanding.
To confirm your information online click here. Visit the Election Centre at the City Hall Service Desk M-F between 8:30am to 4:30 pm if you need to be added to the list or amend your information.
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The City of Owen Sound is reminding eligible voters to watch their mailbox beginning Monday, October 5, for their Voter Information Letter (VIL) for the 2026 Municipal and School Board Election.
Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services is joining fire departments across Ontario in promoting the Test Your Smoke Alarm- Saved by the Beep Campaign.
Thanks to a donation from the Tyson Downs Association (TDBeAT), with support from the Owen Sound Attack, the City of Owen Sound is proud to announce the installation of new public-access Automated External Defibrillator (AED SaveStation) at two additional locations in the City of Owen Sound: City Hall and Kelso Beach at Nawash Park.
The City of Owen Sound recognized four departing members of Council during a Celebration of Public Service held before Monday’s Council meeting.
The City of Owen Sound advises residents, businesses, and visitors that a sidewalk concrete replacement project will take place on 8th Street East between 2nd Avenue East and 3rd Avenue East from Monday, October 5 to Thursday, October 8, 2026.
The City of Owen Sound is notifying the public of an upcoming Household Hazardous Waste Event on Saturday, October 3. This event will be held at the Public Works Facility (1900 20th Street East) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The City of Owen Sound will observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, on Wednesday, September 30.
The day honours the children who never returned home from residential schools, Survivors, their families and communities. It also provides an opportunity to recognize the ongoing impacts of the residential school system and to reflect on the shared responsibility to advance truth, healing and reconciliation.
The candidates for the upcoming River District Board of Management (RDBM) Election have been certified by the River District Election Manager.
Members of the River District Business Improvement Area are reminded that the RDBM Election will take place on Monday, November 9, 2026 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers by paper ballot.
Grey and Bruce County hosted the regional safety truck roadeo on Tuesday, September 22 with equipment operators from municipalities within the Counties. The top two from each County joined the best municipal equipment operators from across Ontario on September 23 for the 2026 Association of Ontario Road Supervisors (AORS) Provincial Safety Truck Roadeo, hosted by the Grey County Public Works Association and Bruce County Public Works Association at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre.
The City of Owen Sound and Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services are proud to recognize firefighter Joe Forbes for his outstanding performance at the FireFit World Championship, held September 13, 2026 in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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